Iranian Journal of Biosystematics (IJAB) Vol.12, No.2, 157-166, 2016 ISSN: 1735-434X (print); 2423-4222 (online) DOI: 10.22067/ijab.v12i2.5 4867

Contribution to the knowledge of the jewel (Coleoptera: ) fauna of Kurdistan Province (Iran), Part 2. Subfamilies and Agrilinae

Ghobari, H. a*, Yurkuvich Kalashian, M. b, Nozari, J. c a Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. b Institute of Zoology, Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia c Department of Plant Protection, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

(Received: 6 May 2016 ; Accepted: 22 November 2016 )

The results of a faunistic survey of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Kurdistan Province of Iran are presented. Totally 30 species belonging to two subfamilies (Buprestinae and Agrilinae) and 8 genera were collected and identified. Of these 1 species is new for Iranian fauna and 19 species are new for Kurdistan Province.

Key words: Buprestidae; Iran; Kurdistan; new records

INTRODUCTION The Buprestidae is the eighth largest family of Coleoptera with many extant buprestids common and abundant in their respective habitats (Pan et al., 2011). Investigations on family of Buprestidae have not only theoretical but also great practical importance. There are many dangerous pests of fruit trees, forest trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants among buprestidae (Sakalian and Langourov, 2004). These are wood-boring as larvae, with the immature forms slowly tunneling through a variety of woody tissues of many tree and shrub species and some of them are leaf miner. The Buprestidae is comprised of nearly 14900 valid species (Bellamy, 2009) by six subfamilies (Bellamy 2008). Totally, 428 species belonging to 6 subfamilies are recorded from Iran in quite recently published catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Ghahari et al ., 2015); this catalogue generalized previously published data of several survey works on Iranian fauna as well as of publication of wider geographical scale (Rikhter, 1949, 1952; Salavatian, 1950; Farahbakhsh, 1961; Radjabi, 1968, 1974, 1991; Bily, 1983, 2006a; Abaei and Adeli, 1984; Behdad, 1988; Modarres Awal, 1997; Borumand, 2002, 2004; Ghahari et al., 2008; Ghahari and Bellamy, 2008; Barimani Varandi et al ., 2009; Jendek & Grebennikov, 2011; Baiocchi, 2011; Ghobari et al ., 2012; Abaei, 2014, etc.). Present paper is continuing our studies on Buprestidae of Kurdistan (Ghobari et al ., 2012) and is dedicated to the subfamilies Buprestinae and Agrilinae. 146 species from these subfamilies are listed in catalogue of the Buprestidae of Iran (Ghahari et al ., 2015), and only 15 species are cited for Kurdistan (including 1 species reported as “generally distributed” in Iran).

MATERIAL AND METHODS Material was collected in 2009-2011 in different regions of Kurdistan Province in ecosystems with different types of vegetation (rangelands, oak forests, gardens, etc.). Traditional collecting methods were used: sweeping on grass vegetations, beating of branches of trees and bushes, hand collecting,

*Corresponding Author: [email protected] ©2016 FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD , IRAN

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Trapping technique using different kinds of traps (colored sticky traps, pan traps and window trap) [Bellamy, 2000; Oliver et al. , 2004 and Sakalian & Langourov, 2004) was applied as well. Data on general distribution, taxonomy and nomenclature are given according to Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera [Bily, 2006b; Jendek, 2006; Kubaň, 2006a, b and Kubaň & Kalashian, 2006]. Data on distribution in Iran are presented according to Catalogue of Ghahari et al . (2015).

RESULTS The results of the study of material collected are presented. In total, 30 species from two subfamilies, Buprestinae and Agrilinae, were collected and identified. Of these, 1 species is new for Iranian fauna and 19 species are new for Kurdistan Province. The list of species is presented below.

Subfamily Buprestinae Leach, 1815

Melanophila cuspidata Klug, 1829 Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 19.08.2011, blue sticky trap; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 5.07.2011, purple sticky trap. Distribution: Widely distributed in Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal to Asia Minor, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Transcaucasia and Cental Asia; Iran: reported from Fars, Kermanshah and Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad. New record for Kurdistan.

Trachypteris picta decostigma (Fabricius, 1787) Material: Divandare-Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 08.07.2010, window trap; Marivan-Garan, oak forest 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 14.07.2010, blue sticky trap; 1.09.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Kamyaran road, garden, 35°13'7"N / 46°59'52"E, 1360 m, 25.06.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 26.08.2011, window trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 06.07.2010, purple sticky trap; 01.08.2010, window trap; 16.06.2011, purple sticky and window traps; 04.07.2011, blue sticky and window traps; 25.07. and 19.08.2011, window trap; Sarve Abad, Oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, 31.05. and 30.06.2010, purple sticky trap. Distribution: Widely distributed in S Palearctic Region from North Africa and South and Central Europe to Caucasus, Turkey, West of Iran ( T. p. decostigma (Fabricius, 1787)), and from West of Iran to North of China ( T. picta picta ); Iran: the species is reported from several provinces and as “generally distributed” (Abai & Adeli 1984) as both Melanophila picta decastigma and M. p. picta . Our material belongs to T. p. decostigma .

Buprestis (Orthocheira ) salomonii Thomson, 1878 Material: Sanandaj-Gerize, garden, 35°16'18"N / 47°1'43"E, 1400 m, 6.05.2009, sweeping. Distribution: Turkey, Southern Transcaucasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Western China (Sinkiang); Iran: reported from Khozestan, Mazandaran, Qazvin and Tehran. New record for Kurdistan.

Anthaxia (Cratomerus ) diadema Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 Material: Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, yellow pan trap, 07.07. and 13.08.2010; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 1.08.2010, white pan trap and 15.08.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj-Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 08.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj-Hezarkanian, 5.06.2010, rangeland, sweeping; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, white and red pan trap and 14.07.2010, CONTRIBUTION TO THE JEWEL BEETLES 159

yellow pan trap; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, oak forest, 31.05. and 20.07.2010, yellow pan traps. Distribution: This species has three subspecies. Nominotypical subspecies is distributed in Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, South European Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria. A. d. shelkovnikovi Obenberger, 1940 is distributed in Transcaucasia and Iran. A. d. bazuftensis Obenberger, 1946 is described from Iran (Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari). A. d. shelkovnikovi reported from East Azarbaijan, Mazandaran, Zanjan and “Caspian Sea area”. New record for Kurdistan; our material belongs to A. d. shelkovnikovi .

Anthaxia (s. str.) bicolor Faldermann, 1835 Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 1.10.2010, 16.06.2011, red pan trap, 16.06.2011, green pan trap; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 01.06 and 23.06.2010, window trap, 13.06.2011, green and purple pan trap; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, oak forest, 31.07.2010, window trap. Distribution: This species divided into three subspecies . Nominotypical subspecies is distributed in Balkan Peninsula, South European Russia, in Crimea, Transcaucasia, Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria and Turkmenistan. A. b. comptei Cobos, 1966 is reported from Spain, Portugal and Algeria. A. b. uzbekistana Bily, 2002 is described from Uzbekistan; Iran: the species is reported from Mazandaran and Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Tehran and East Azarbaijan. New record for Kurdistan; our material belongs to A. b. bicolor .

Anthaxia (s. str.) tractata Abeille de Perrin, 1901 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 22.05.2010, window trap; 1.06.2010, window trap, white and yellow pan traps; 23.06.2010, red sticky & window traps; 13.06.2011, window trap; 5.07.2011, white pan trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 7.09.2010, white sticky trap; Sanandaj Hassan-abad, garden, 35°13’7"N / 46°59'52"E, 1360 m, 29.05.2010, white pan trap; 29.06.2010, window trap; 27.07.2010, green pan trap; Sanandaj-Saral, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, rangeland, 25.05.2010, white sticky trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 27.07.2010, white pan trap; Sarve Abad – Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160m, 31.05.2010, window trap. Distribution: Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Georgia; Iran; reported from Kurdistan and Kermanshah.

Anthaxia (s. str.) morgani Théry, 1925 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, window and white pan traps; 13.06.2011, yellow pan traps; Sarve-Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, oak forest, 31.05.2010, yellow and white pan traps. Distribution: Syria and Iraq; Iran: reported for Fars. New record for Kurdistan.

Anthaxia (s. str.) brevis Gory & Laporte, 1839 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, purple pan trap, 1.06.2010. Distribution: Nominotypical subspecies distributed in Balkan peninsula, Southern Transcaucasia, Southern European Russia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Israel, Turkey, Syria; Iran: subspecies A. b. kovari Bílý, 1983 described from Lorestan. New record for Kurdistan. Anthaxia (s. str.) permisa Abeille de Perrin, 1904 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 1.06.2010, purple and white pan and white sticky traps; 23.06.2010, white and blue pan traps; 13.06.2011, window trap; Sanadaj- Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 28.08.2011, green sticky trap. Distribution: Turkey; Iran: reported for Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari. New record for Kurdistan.

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Anthaxia (s. str.) winkleri Obenberger, 1914 Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 15.06.2010, purple pan and window traps; 6.07.2010, window, blue, green and yellow sticky traps; 1.08.2010, purple sticky, yellow and red pan traps; 16.06.2011, purple and blue sticky traps; 4.07.2011, window and blue sticky traps; 25.07.2011, purple, blue and yellow sticky traps; 17.08.2011, red sticky trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, blue pan trap, 18.06.2011; 07.07.2011, purple and blue pan, and purple and blue sticky traps; 02.08.2011, yellow sticky trap; Sanandaj-Hassan Abad, garden, 35°13’7"N / 46°59'52"E, 1360 m, 26.06.2010, window, blue and purple pan traps; Sanandaj-Abidar, rangeland, 35° 17'46"N / 46° 58' 35"E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, window trap; Sarve Abad-Dorod, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, oak forest, 18.08.2010, yellow pan trap; Marivan-Dezli, 35°19'49"N / 46°11'8"E, 1700 m, rangeland, 35°19'49"N / 46°11'8"E, 1700 m, 20.06.2010, sweeping; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 14.07.2010, white and red pan and window traps. Distribution: Syria, Turkey; Iran: reported for Kurdistan as A. winkleri winkleri and for Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad and Tehran as A. armeniaca Obenberger, 1929.

Anthaxia (s. str.) lgockii Obenberger, 1917 Material: Marivan-Dezli, 35°19'49"N / 46°11'8"E, 1700 m, on Astragalus sp., 10.06. and 20.06.2010; Sanandaj-Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 8.07.2010, purple pan trap. Distribution: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia: South European Territory and Turkey; Iran: reported from Kurdistan and Mazandaran.

Anthaxia (s. str.) berytensis Abeille de Perrin, 1895 Material: Sanandaj-Abidar, rangeland, 35°17'46"N / 46°58' 35"E, 1700 m, 4.05.2009; 4.07.2010, white pan traps; 19.07.2010, blue pan traps; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 6.07.2010, white pan trap; 1.08.2010, white pan and window traps; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, white pan trap. Distribution: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey; new record for Iran. Diagnostic information: Bluish-black, posterior half of pronotum golden, ventral surface cupreous, head in female golden, in male – green. Elytra violet-blue, Length 4-5.5 mm.

Anthaxia (s. str.) magnifica Bílý, 1983 Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, garden, 15.06.2010, blue pan trap. Distribution: Iranian endemic, described from Ziyaran in Qazvin Province. Reported also from Mazandaran, Kurdistan and Tehran.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia ) flavicomes Abeille de Perrin, 1900 Material: Sanandaj-Abidar, rangeland, 35°17'46"N / 46°58' 35"E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj-Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 8.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Sarve Abad, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, oak forest, 5.07.2011, yellow pan trap; Marivan-Garan, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, oak forest, 10.06.2010; 14.07.2010, green pan trap; 8.08.2010, yellow pan trap. Distribution: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Turkey; Iran: reported from Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Fars and Lorestan. New record for Kurdistan.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia ) cichorii (Olivier, 1790) Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 15.06.2010, yellow pan and window trap; 6.07.2010, yellow pan and yellow sticky traps; 1.08.2010, yellow pan traps; 16.06.2011, CONTRIBUTION TO THE JEWEL BEETLES 161

red and yellow sticky traps; 4.07.2011, red and yellow sticky traps; 25.07.2011, yellow sticky, yellow and blue pan traps; 19.08.2011, yellow sticky traps; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 13.06.2010, yellow pan traps; 7.07.2010, white and yellow pan traps; 18.06.2011, green and blue pan and blue and white sticky traps; 7.07.2011, yellow sticky and yellow pan traps; Sanandaj-Hassan Abad, garden, 35°13’7"N / 46°59'52"E, 1360 m, 26.06.2010, white pan trap; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, oak forest, 14.06.2011, yellow and red sticky traps; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, 18.06.2010, window trap; Sanadaj-Baghel Abad, garden, 35°35'09"N / 47°09'1"E, 1160 m, 18.05.2010; sweeping; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, blue pan trap; 14.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 5.07.2011. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Ukraine, Southern European Russia, Caucasus, Asia Minor; Iran: reported from several provinces, but not from Kurdistan; New record for Kurdistan.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia ) astoreth Obenberger, 1934 Material: Marivan-Garan, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, Oak-forest, red sticky trap, 13.06.2011; yellow pan trap, 05.07.2011; 01.06.2010 window trap; 23.06.2010, window trap, white pan trap, green pan trap; Sanadaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, yellow pan trap, 13.08.2010; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, window trap, 31.05.2010; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 15.06.2010, yellow pan trap; 16.06.2011, green sticky trap. Distribution: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey; Iran: reported from Kurdistan.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia ) truncata Abeille de Perrin, 1900 Material: Marivan-Dezli, 35°19'49"N / 46°11'8"E, 1700 m, on Astragalus sp., 20.06.2010. Distribution: Syria, Iraq; Iran: reported from Mazandaran, Tehran, Qazvin, Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad and Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari. New record for Kurdistan.

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia ) aspera Bílý, 1977 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, window trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 9.07.2010, white pan trap; 28.08.2011, red sticky trap. Distribution: Iraq; Iran: reported from Fars. New record for Kurdistan.

Chrysobothris (s. str.) parvipunctata Obenberger, 1914

Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 08.08.2010, window trap. Distribution: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, N India; Iran: reported from Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Kerman, Qom, Tehran, Hormozgan, Yazd and “Zagros area” as Ch. beesoni Obenberger 1928, and from Sistan & Baluchestan as both Ch. zarudniana Semenov & Rikhter, 1934 and Ch. beesoni . New record for Kurdistan.

Chrysobothris (Abothris ) sp. nov. cf. cuprina Klug, 1829 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 1.9.2010, window trap; 23.06.2010, red sticky trap; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160m, 30.6.2010, blue pan trap. Distribution: According to W. Barries (personal communication), material collected belongs to a new species close to Ch. cuprina , known from North Africa (Algeria, Egypt), Arabian peninsula and some countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Subfamily Agrilinae Laporte, 1835

Meliboeus (Meliboeoides ) parvulus parvulus Küster, 1852 Material: Marivan-Garan, Oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 01.6.2010, white pan, purple sticky, window trap, 23.06.2010, blue sticky trap, 14.07.2010, window, yellow sticky trap, 14.06.2011, yellow sticky, purple sticky, green sticky, blue sticky trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21' 20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 07.07.2010, blue pan trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 16.06.2011, green sticky trap; Sarv abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, blue pan, blue sticky trap; 3.06.2011, blue pan trap, 5.07.2011, red sticky trap. Distribution: Distributed in Italy, Balkan Peninsula, Transcaucasia, Central Asia Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia: South European Territory, Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Syria; Iran: reported from Mazandaran Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad as M. amethystinus violaceus Kiesenwetter, 1857, and from East Azarbaijan, Ilam and Lorestan as M. amethystinus auctorum (not Olivier, 1790). New record for Kurdistan.

Meliboeus (Meliboeoides ) robustus Küster, 1852 Material: Divandare-Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 16.06.2010, blue pan trap; Marivan-Garan, Oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 1.6.2010, purple pan trap; 14.07.2010, yellow pan trap; 14.06.2011, yellow sticky trap; Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 15.06.2010, blue pan trap; Sanandaj-Abidar, rangeland, 35°17'46"N / 46°58'35"E, 1700 m, 4.07.2010, purple and blue sticky traps; 11.08.2010, yellow sticky trap. Distribution; Transcaucasia, Southern European Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported from Ardabil, East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Fars, Qazvin, Hormozgan, Tehran, Mazandaran and Semnan. New record for Kurdistan.

Meliboeus (s.str.) staneki Obenberger, 1935 Material: Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, 27.07.2011, blue sticky trap. Distribution: Turkey, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported for the country without reference to exact provinces. New record for Kurdistan.

Agrilus (Quercuagrilus ) derasofasciatus Lacordaire, 1835 Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 15.06., green pan trap and 01.08.2010 purple sticky and; 16.06. and 04.07.2011, blue sticky trap; 25.07.2011, white pan trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 26.08.2011, yellow pan trap; Sarve Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj- Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 29.08.2010, rangeland, yellow pan trap; Marivan- Garan, Oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 01.06.2010, yellow pan trap. Distribution; Widely distributed in Southern and Central Europe, in North Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, known from SW Turkmenistan; introduced to USA; Iran: reported from Mazandaran. New record for Kurdistan.

Agrilus (Quercuagrilus ) hastulifer (Ratzeburg, 1837) Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 25.07.2011, green sticky traps; 19.08.2011, purple sticky traps; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 18.06.2011, purple sticky traps; Marivan-Garan, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, oak forest, 31.05.2010, purple sticky trap, 23.06.2010, green pan traps, and 23.08.2011, purple pan trap; Sarve- Abad, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, green pan traps, 14.06. and 23.06. and CONTRIBUTION TO THE JEWEL BEETLES 163

23.08.2011; Sarve-Abad-Dorod, oak forest, 35°17'41"N / 46°22'25"E, 1160 m, 31.05.2010, purple sticky traps. Distribution: Mediterranean region, Central Europe, whole Caucasus, Iraq; Iran; endemic subspecies A. h. aladaghensis Obenberger, 1918 reported from Mazandaran and Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad and from “Northern Iran” and “Zagros area”. New record for Kurdistan.

Agrilus (Quercuagrilus ) graminis Kiesenwetter 1857 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 01.06.2010, yellow pan trap and green sticky trap. Mazandaran (Barimani et al. 2009, 2010) Distribution: South and Central Europe, Southern European Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Syria, North Africa, Turkey; Iran: reported for Mazandaran. New record for Kurdistan.

Agrilus (Rosagrilus ) chlorophyllus Abeille de Perrin 1904 Material: Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 23.06.2010, red pan trap; 05.07.2011, yellow and blue pan and yellow sticky traps; 27.07.2011, white pan traps; Sanandaj- Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 4.07.2011, yellow sticky traps. Distribution: Syria, Turkey, Israel, Central Asia [Jendek & Grebennikov, 2011]; Iran: Fars, Kerman, Kurdistan, Zanjan, Qazvin and Central Iran (as A. viridicaerulans esfandiarinus Davatchi 1958).

Agrilus (Rosagrilus ) roscidus Kiesenwetter, 1857 Material: Sanandaj-Noshor, garden, 35°1'39"N / 46°56'5"E, 1460 m, 06.07.2010, purple sticky trap; 07.07.2011, blue and purple sticky and blue and green pan traps; 16.06.2011, purple and yellow sticky traps; 35°17'46"N / 46°58' 35"E, 1700 m, 04.07.2010, window trap; 19.07.2010, yellow pan trap; Sanandaj-Saral, rangeland, 35°40'18"N / 46°22'2”E, 2070 m, 08.07.2010, white pan trap; 11.07.2011, green sticky trap; Sanandaj-Babariz, garden, 35°21'20"N / 47°3'49"E, 1460 m, 18.06.2011, yellow, green and red sticky traps; 07.07.2011, green sticky trap; 02.08.2011, blue sticky trap; Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°32'2"N / 46°18'5"E, 1350 m, 14.07.2010, yellow pan and window traps; 05.07.2011, yellow pan traps. Distribution: Mediterranean Region, Central Europe, Southern European Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus; Iran: reported from Kuhgiloyeh & Boyerahmad, Fars, Tehran, Markazi, Hamadan, Lorestan, Zanjan, Kermanshah, East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan. New record for Kurdistan.

Aphanisticus emarginatus Olivier , 1790 Material: Sanandaj-Abidar (Mamatke), 35°18'4"N / 46°56'4"E, 2000 m, 4.05.2009. Distribution: Widely distributed in Europe, Mediterranean Region, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan; Iran: reported from Lorestan. New record for Kurdistan.

Acknowledgments We are glad to express our deepest gratitude to Dr. S. Bílý (National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic), Dr. Baiocchi (Roma, Italy) and W. Barries (Wien, Austria) for their kind help in identification of some species.

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